@Aaron Hoak a sale can be boiled down to three major components 1) location 2) condition 3) and price.

Keep in mind the other wealth building parts aside from cash flow that aren’t factored into CoC: tax benefits/depreciation, appreciation, loan pay down building equity.YUP COC is just one cog in the wheel end of the day its all about IRR that's the metric.I bought a bare piece of land in Northern CA for 27k in 96. never produced a dime of income and had to pay tax. sold it jan of 2020 for just under 2 million.. that's IRR  not COC  extreme example but appreciation in quality assets is a key component to long term wealth building..

But is cost savings a big component or is most of the cost paid by the agency.4.

Plumbers and electricians are at the top of this list.I often advise potential clients that when making the decision of self-management vs. hiring a property manager: consider this is an investment property and is likely only a component of your investment portfolio.

Also, as an aspiring Project Manager, I've felt that RE has helped with understanding some components of management and there has been a lot of cross-sharing of concepts that I have applied to both my day job and my real estate hustle! 

I know several Boulder bike industry companies like RockyMounts, Broken Carbon and Kappius Components recently moved to GJ, and it seems like with everyone working remotely now more, people will choose the Grand Valley and it may not be anchored by just energy jobs and retirees much longer.

What an extraordinary component!

There was a thread just the other day about an investor who was stuck after numerous years with a bunch of low end units that he couldn't get rid of without taking a loss.I get it but that was his example of cashflow more can be made from Class C as well is all I'm saying there are so many different strategies and ways to scale in this business and some people are better in area's than others so my point was for someone that may be needed to hear that this could be a possible option if they have the skill and are in a market where the numbers work in their favor.Like I also mentioned before you never know where gentrification can happen but that is luck and in my opinion, any appreciation on SFH or small Multi-families is going to have a lucky component because of too many variables outside of your control.

Regardless of how real estate -ish we are here, there is a huuuuge technology component here, too.

Each property needs a reserve study to determine the existing components, frequency of replacements and projected costs.